Bedstead corner-bracket.



H. V. LDUGH.

BEDSTEAD CORNER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, I915.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

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H. V. LOUGH.

BEDSTEAD CORNER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT-10, 195- 1,213,218. Patented Jan. 23,1917.

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BEDSTEAD CORNER BRACKET.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT- 10. I515.

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HECTOR V. LOUGI-I, OF NORTH PLAINFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

BEDSTEAD CORNER-BRACKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 23, 1917.

Application filed September 10, 1915. Serial No. 49,867.

To all whom 2'25 may concern:

Be it known that I, Hnoron V. LOUGH, a subjectof the King of Great Britain, residing at North Plainfield, in the county of Somerset and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bedstead Corner-Brackets, of which the following is a full, clear, and 6X act description.

This invention relates to corner brackets or looks for metal bedsteads, and its chief object is to provide a simple and effective bracket of low cost which can be made by stamping and bending sheet steel or iron of suitable gage.

To this and other ends the invention consists in the novel features and combinations hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of one form of my invention, applied to the tubular corner-post of a metal bedstead, the post being shown in vertical section. Fig. 2 is a perspective view (from the opposite side of Fig. 1) of one of the two members that are connected to the bedpost. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of the other member that is connected to the bed post. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the member that is attached to the end of the bedstead side-rail, to engage and cooperate with the parts or members shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fig. 5 is a rear end view of the rail-end member, from the right of Fig. 4 Fig. 6 is a horizontal section on line 6-6 of Fig. 5, looking upwardly. Fig. 7 is a plan view of the sheet metal blank from which the member shown in Fig. 2 is made. Fig. 8 is a plan view of the blank from which the member shown in F 3 is made. Fig. 9 is a perspective view of the wedge or key by which the parts shown in Figs. 2 and 3 are fixed to the tubular bedpost, as illus trated in Fig. 1. Fig. 10 is a perspective view of another form of railend member; and Fig. 11 is an end view of the same, from the right of Fig. 10. Fig. 12 is a section on line 12-12 of Fig. 11, looking in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 13 is a perspective view of a modified construction of the bedpost members. Figs. 14 and 15 are plan views of the sheet metal blanks from which certain parts shown in Figs. 10 and 13 are made.

The post member 10, Figs. 1 and 2, is of horizontal tubular form, having top and bottom walls 11, 12, and inner and outer side walls 13, 14, the former having inwardly curved or recessed rear edges to con form to the shape of the bedpost, which is usually cylindrical in form, and hence cir cular in cross section. The top wall has at its front end a lateral integral extension 15, the rear portion 16 of which is bent down and riveted at its inner edge (at 17) to the side wall 13; the two portions 15-l6 forming an angular member to which the headrail (or footrail) of the bedstead can be securely attached, as will be readily understood. The rear edges of the side walls are provided, at top and bottom, with recesses or notches 18 for the purpose eX- plained below.

The member or part 19, Figs. 1 and 3, can be described roughly as being in the form of a U laid on its side. The upper and lower arms, 20, 21, extend horizontally through the tubular member 10 and through horizontal slots in the bedpost 22, and are provided at their ends with openings 23 to receive a wedgekey 24 inside the hollow post. At the sides of the arms, near the end 25, which is preferably inclined downwardly and forwardly, as shown, are lugs 26 to fit the notches or recesses 18 in the part 10, as indicated in Fig. 1.

The parts 10 and 19 are separable, but when they are assembled on the bedpost, as in Fig. 1, and the wedge or key 24 is driven home, they are attached to the post with the greatest security, as will be readily understood. Since the part 10 has to Withstand practically only compression stresses it can be made of comparatively light stock, and

only the part 19 of heavy stock, thus effecting an important economy in material.

The end or connecting wall 25, Figs. 1 and 3, is preferably inclined, downwardly and toward the member 10, and has its side edges extended, as clearly shown in Fig. 3, to fit the correspondingly inclined slots 27 28, in the depending sides 29, 30, of the rail-member 29, Figs. 1 and 4. This member is of in verted U-form, and the spaces between its vertical slots and its front edges are such as to produce a snug fit when the parts are as-.

sembled as in Fig. 1. In the latter figure the siderail of the bedstead, usually an angle iron, is shown at 32, fastened inside the railend member 31 by rivets. To permit the edges of the end-wall 25, Figs. 1 and 3, to

enter the slots 27, 28, the lower ends of the sides 29, 30, are bent outwardly and formed with die-pressed grooves. as indicated at 33,

Figs. 5 and 6.

It will be seen that the stress exerted by the side rail 32 is exerted upon the post 22 through the medium of the member 19, the function of the tubular member 10 being largely that of a distance piece or spacer; though it will be clear that stresses that otherwise would be exerted as bending moments on the member 19 are taken in compression by the bottom and side walls of the part 10.

The members 10 and 19 are made from the stamped sheet-metal blanks shown in plan in Fli gs. T and 8 respectively, the blanks being bent along the dotted lines, as will be readily understood. The wedge or key Qel, formed by bending a suitable blank of sheet metal, is shown in perspective in Fig. 9.

Another form of member for attachment to the bedpost is shown at 19 in Fig. 13.

This consists of a vertical plate 34: having integral side wings 35, the end-edges 35 of which are bent outwardly to cooperate with the slots 27, 28, in the member 31, Fig. 4. The top and bottom edges of the plate 3% are formed with wide lugs 26 to fit correspondingly shaped recesses (one of which is shown at 36) in the top and bottom walls of the member 10. The whole is fastened to the bedpost by a bolt 37, passing through a hole 38 in the plate 3i and a similar hole in the post, not shown. The member 10 is exactly like the member 10 except as otherwise noted. The member 19 is conveniently made from the sheet metal blank shown in Fig. ll. by bending the same along the dotted lines.

Another form of railmember, which can be used with either of the post-member constructions shown in Figs. 2, 3 and 13, is illustrated in Figs. 10, 11 and 12. In this form the front edges of the side members 39 are provided with extensions which are bent back as indicated at 4:0 to cooperate with the edges 25 and 25. The two side members are braced by a brace ll, integral with one and riveted to the other. At the top of one side member a broad tongue 12 is punched out and bent inwardly, and the lower edge t3 of the other is bentup, to receive the edges of the angle iron siderail. This form of rail-member is made from the sheet metal blank shown in Fig. 15, by bending the same on the dotted lines. The tongue 42 can be bent in the operation of stamping out the blank or in bending the blank. In this form of rail member, rivets are not needed to fasten it to the rail. the tongues 42 and L3 being clenched on to the edges of the rail, to grip the same firmly.

It is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the precise shapes herein specifically illustrated and described without departure from its spirit.

I claim:

1. In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination. a hollow tubular member of sheet metal having its frontend adapted to fit the bedposh a connecting member of sheet metal fitted into the tubular member from the rear thereof. a member integral with and projecting from the said connecting member adapted to engage the tubular member to determine the positions of the said members relative to each other, means for binding the two members firmly to the bedpost edge portions on said connecting member spaced from and inclined downwardly and forwardly toward the rear thereof, and a side rail end member ha ving inclined parts at its outer end, adapted to removably fit between the rear of the tubular member and the inclined edge portions of said connecting member.

In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination, a horizontal tubular member of sheetmetal having its front end adapted to fit the bedpost and having recesses in its rear edges: a connecting member of sheet metal fitted into the rear of the tubular member, having lugs to enter the recesses in the rear edges of the tubular member and provided with means extending through the latter for connection to the bed post, and having lateral edge-portions inclined downwardly toward and spaced from the rear side-edges of the tubular member; and a siderail end-member having inclined portions adapted to fit removably between the inclined edge-portions of the connecting member and the rear side-edges of the tubular member.

In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination. a horizontal tubular member having its upper and lower front edges shaped to fit against the bedpost; a connecting member having upper and lower arms extending forwardly from the rear of the tubular member through the same to enter slots in the bed post and formed with openings to receive a wedge-key inside the post, the connecting member having also means to limit its movement into the tubular member and provided with lateral edge-portions inclined downwardly toward and spaced from the rear side-edges of the tubular member; and a siderail end-member having inclined portions to fit removably between the rear'sideedges of the tubular member and the incl ined edge-portions of the connecting member 4t. In a bedstead corner bracket, in combi nation, a horizontal tubular member of sheet metal adapted to bear at its front end against the bedpost, a connecting member comprising a strip of sheet metal bent to form upper and lower arms connected at their rear ends by a downwardly and forwardly inclined portion having its side edges projecting laterally, the arms extending through the tubular member from the rear hereof for attachment to the bedpost and having means for holding the tubular member against the post; and a siderail endmember having side members provided with edges inclined in correspondence with the side edges of the connecting member and adapted to fit removab-ly between said side edges and the rear side edges of the tubular member.

5. In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination, a horizontal tubular member of sheet metal adapted at its front end to bear against the bedpost; a connecting member of sheet metalhaving upper and lower arms 8X- tending through the tubular member fromthe rear thereof for attachment to the bedpost and having means to bear against the rear of the tubular member and hold the same against the bedpost, said arms being connected at their rear by a plate inclined downwardly toward and spaced from the rear side-edges of the tubular member; and a siderail end-member of sheet metal having side members provided with downwardly and forwardly inclined slots to receive the side-edges of the said inclined plate.

6. In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination, a sheet metal member adapted for attachment to the bedpost and having rearwardly extending upper and lower arms connested by a downwardly and forwardly inclined plate; and a siderail end-member of sheet metal having depending side members adapted to embrace the end of the siderail and provided with downwardly and forwardly inclined slots to receive the side edges of said inclined plate.

7. In a bedstead corner bracket, in combination, a sheet metal member adapted for attachment to the bedpost and at its rear having laterally extending downwardly and forwardly inclined side edges; and a siderail end-member of sheet metal having dependin g side-members provided with downwardly and forwardly inclined slots to receive said inclined side edges. the portions of the side-members below said slots being bent outwardly to admit said side edges between them.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afiiX my signature.

HECTOR V. LOUGH.

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